At the core of Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat is a strong—and competitive—background in clowning. The three-time Oscar nominee spoke about attending clown school with renowned clown instructor Philippe ...

Clowning around helps Gregor Paslawsky be a meaner, harder and stingier Scrooge. That doesn’t mean he plays the classic Dickens character with a red nose and goofy shoes. Rather, the veteran actor and ...

In a supposedly more sensitive era, hundreds of people regularly travel from all around the world to a small town an hour outside Paris to study clowning with Gaulier, a gruff 78-year-old éminence ...

In Etampes, 30 miles outside of Paris, the revered clown Philippe Gaulier has spent 35 years teaching performers how to abandon their inhibitions and access beauty. Alumni include Emma Thompson, Sacha ...

If you spent so much time and effort working on a skill only to have it criticised, how would you feel? TVB actress Natalie Tong doesn't have to wonder — she's experienced it herself. In an interview ...

Jim Chim Sui-man has been busy recently with his hilarious and inspiring one-man show, Man of la Tiger. He has also produced his latest children's show, Villain Village. And recently he played the ...

Ali G says he owes his success to a deadpan French drama guru. Dominic Cavendish meets Philippe Gaulier, master of the put-down THIS Friday, millions will stop everything to watch Posh and Becks being ...

Philippe Gaulier is not a household name, but his theatre techniques have inspired such internationally recognized actors as Sacha Baron Cohen and Emma Thompson. Born and based in France, Gaulier ...